Cushion for shoe-heels.



No. 690,779. Patented m. 7, I902. L. SCHWARZ.

CUSHION FOR SHOE HEELS.

(Application filed m 21, 1901. (In Model.)

WITNESSES: I 1 INVENTOI? fioazb flcfiwa 72 A TTOBNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS SCHWARZ, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

CUSHlON FOR SHOE-HEELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 690,779, dated January 7, 1902. Application filed May 21, 1901. $erial No. 61,237. (No model.)

T0 on whom it mag/concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS SCHWARZ, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved. Cushion for Shoe lleels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

struction and combination of the severalparts, as will be hereinafter fully'set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indi cate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through the heel of the shoe and a longitudinal vertical section through the improved and applied cushion. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the cushion; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section through the heel of a shoe and a longitudinal section through the cushion, showing the latter applied between the insole and the main sole.

The improved cushion is preferably made of thin metal and comprises a top plate A, a bottom plate B, and a marginal connecting strip or member 0. The top and bottom plates A and B conform in shape to the formation of the ordinary lift of ashoe-heel, and the marginal strip or connecting member 0 is thickest at its bowed portion or outer side, tapering in direction of its inner ends, so that the space between the top and bottom plates A and B is much deeper at the rear portion of the cushion than at the front. The marginal strip or member 0 extends to the front portions of the plates A and B only, so that the front edges of these plates are not connected, providing an opening 10 at such point,

and the said forward edges of the two plates are therefore free to move to and from each other. The platesA and B are provided with series of apertures 11, through which nails may be loosely passed,if necessary, for holding the uppermost lift of the heel D in position at the heel portion of the sole relative to the cushion.

The improved cushion may be placed between the uppermost lift of the heel and the bottom heel portion of the sole of the shoe, as shown in Fig. l; but preferably the said cushion is placed between the insole and the main sole, as shown in Fig. 3.

Patent 1. A cushion for shoe-heels, consisting'of thin metal plates arranged one above the I other, and a marginal connecting-strip tapering from the back indirection of the front, and deeper at the back than at the front, substantially as described.

2. A cushion for shoe-heels, comprising spaced thin metal plates arranged at an'angle to each other, the plates being connected at the sides and rearand open at the front,

as described.

3. A cushion for shoe-lieels, consisting of thin metal plates arranged. one above the other, and a marginal connecting-strip,which connecting-strip is arranged between the plates and extends from the forward edges of the plates along the sides and at the rear, an open space being formed between the said plates at their forward edges, the said connecting-strip being of greatest depth at its 1 rear, tapering in direction of its forward ends,

whereby the plates of the cushion are at angles to each other, as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

LOUIS SOHWARZ. Witnesses:

J. FRED. AoKER, J No; M. BITTER.

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